Psychological intimacy with robots?: using interaction patterns to uncover depth of relation

— This conceptual paper broaches possibilities and limits of establishing psychological intimacy in HRI. Keywords- human-robot interaction, interaction patterns, social and moral development, authenticity, intimacy, design methodology I. PSYCHOLOGICAL INTIMACY IN HRI In his book Love + Sex with Robots, Levy writes: “Robots will transform human notions of love and sexuality…[with humans] learning, experimenting, and enjoying new forms of relationship that will be made possible, pleasurable, and satisfying through the development of highly sophisticated humanoid robots” (p. 22) [1]. The sexual aspects that Levy refers to have already begun insofar as robot sex technologies currently exist on the retail market [2]. We believe that the following will occur: (a) Because of the large amounts of money involved, there will be a growing industry around the sexual aspects of HRI, and corresponding applications; (b) at some point this issue will receive a huge amount of media coverage, an...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: HRI
• Authors: Peter H. Kahn Jr., Jolina H. Ruckert, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Aimee Reichert, Heather Gary, Solace Shen
• Keywords: HRI 2010, Human Robot Interaction, INTIMACY IN HRI, Psychological Intimacy, Robot